Huang Yuanshan attended the meeting of the Legislative Council Committee for the first time today (20th) after he became the head of the chief executive's policy group.
Huang Yuanshan introduced the special features of the policy group, including allowing appointed civil servants or non-government personnel to join.
In response to a congressman asking whether he would set "key performance indicators" (KPIs) for the group, Huang Yuanshan responded that "it is difficult to quantify research."
Huang Yuanshan attended the Legislative Council meeting for the first time as the head of the chief executive's policy group (screenshot of the live broadcast of the Legislative Council)
Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao announced the establishment of the "Chief Executive Policy Group" last year, and finally appointed Legislative Council Election Committee member Huang Yuen-shan as the "team leader". Huang Yuan-shan resigned as a member.
He went to the Legislative Council for the first time today to explain the scope of work and staffing establishment.
According to the documents submitted by the government, the "Chief Executive Policy Group" followed the structure of the "Innovation Office", but converted 8 directorate-level permanent civil servant positions into non-civil servant positions, and created another 39 non-directorate-level civil servant positions.
"G19" Xie Weiquan praised the transfer of civil servants to non-official positions, which made the policy group more flexible, and considered it a "good thing". However, the structure of the policy group is similar to that of the previous "Innovation Office". Xie Weiquan asked Huang Yuanshan what is the difference between the two functions?
Huang Yuanshan said that the policy team has four main directions of work, including advocating and assisting in the formulation of long-term strategic policies from a far-sighted perspective, keeping close to the overall situation of national development; suggesting and analyzing how to integrate into the overall development of the country; reviewing the international situation and relationship, analyze opportunities and risks; grasp Hong Kong people's sentiments, and understand the general direction of public concern.
Huang Yuanshan also pointed out that the policy group will still coordinate the writing of the "Policy Address", monitor the implementation of the "Policy Address" policies, and provide assistance and support for the Chief Executive Advisory Group to be established as a secretariat, while increasing internal research work.
In the past, the project coordination work that was in charge of by the "Innovation Office" has been handed over to relevant departments for follow-up.
He also pointed out that the policy group will discuss policy research with different sectors and think tanks, and reserve 130 million yuan for manpower, researcher salaries, research funding plans, internal research projects, outsourcing projects, etc.
Election Committee Zhou Wengang is concerned about the responsibilities of the 39 non-directorate civil servants. Lin Shuyi, deputy head of the policy group of the chief executive, responded that 39 people will be appointed, of which 18 are director-level civil servants, who are mainly responsible for policy research, writing the "Policy Address", conducting Public opinion surveys and other work, if necessary, will be recruited outside the government; another 21 people are clerical and secretarial positions, responsible for administrative support.
Huang Yuanshan added that in terms of research work, he hoped that by hiring non-government personnel and personnel with research background, he could absorb different opinions from the society, integrate and analyze them, and provide opinions for the chief executive.
Huang Yuanshan: The implementation of policies depends on the right time, place and people, and it is difficult to set KPIs
Su Changrong from the election committee asked whether the policy group will formulate KPIs?
Huang Yuanshan responded that the policy team hopes to provide the chief executive with more views and foundations for policy considerations. As an internal research institution, it is mainly responsible for preliminary and strategic research. However, whether the policy can be implemented in the end is related to "time, place, and harmony", so it is difficult to quantify Performance indicators and research results will also be handed over to the Chief Executive.
The chief executive's policy team hires a researcher with a monthly salary of more than 60,000!
What are the entry requirements?
Hong Wen advocated the introduction of more non-civil servants to the chief executive's policy team to study the economic and international situation. The government established the chief executive advisory group. Huang Yuanshan abandoned his seat to take charge of the chief executive's policy team. The salary of the chief executive's policy team increased by 1.8 times. Join the Chief Executive's Policy Group｜Guan Jiaming, former senior executive of the Trade Development Council, and Wang Chunxin, former deputy head of the Central Policy Group 01 Proposal｜Li Jiachao may wish to set up a KPI for the Chief Executive's Policy Group Chairman Huang Yushan: I hope that the Chief Executive's Policy Group can help the government better grasp the pulse of society The chief executive's policy team was established on December 28, Huang Yuanshan was the first team leader and has resigned as a member of the Legislative Council
